Vidalia onions scheduled to be shipped April 25

Anyone craving a fresh bunch of Vidalia onions only have a few more days to wait.

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has set April 25 as the official pack date for Vidalia onions and consumers will be able to find the recently harvested sweet onion in grocery stores or farmers markets after that date, according to a news release.

The date was established by the rules of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Vidalia onions are unique to Georgia and may only be grown in parts of a 20-county area in the southeastern part of the state.

Georgia farmers harvested 268 million pounds of Vidalia onions from 11,200 acres in 2015, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The value of production for last year's crop was more than $120 million.

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This story was originally published April 18, 2016 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Vidalia onions scheduled to be shipped April 25 ."